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"A House to Let" is a short story by Charles Dickens, Wilkie Collins, Elizabeth Gaskell and Adelaide Anne Procter. It was originally published in 1858 in the Christmas edition of Dickens' Household Words magazine. Each of the contributors wrote a chapter and the story was edited... Read Full Overview

"A House to Let" is a short story by Charles Dickens, Wilkie Collins, Elizabeth Gaskell and Adelaide Anne Procter. It was originally published in 1858 in the Christmas edition of Dickens' Household Words magazine. Collins wrote the introduction and collaborated with Dickens on... Read Full Overview

"A House to Let" is a short story by Charles Dickens, Wilkie Collins, Elizabeth Gaskell and Adelaide Anne Procter. It was originally published in 1858 in the Christmas edition of Dickens' Household Words magazine. Wilkie wrote the introduction and collaborated with Dickens on... Read Full Overview

"A House to Let" is a short story by Charles Dickens, Wilkie Collins, Elizabeth Gaskell and Adelaide Anne Procter. It was originally published in 1858 in the Christmas edition of Dickens' Household Words magazine. Each of the contributors wrote a chapter and the story was edited... Read Full Overview

Wilkie Collins was an English writer best known for writing mystery novels. Collins was also a good friend of Charles Dickens and often collaborated with him on plays and short stories. Some of Collins' classics include The Moonstone, Armadale, and No Name, and A House to Let... Read Full Overview

A House to Let is a short story written by Wilkie Collins. It was originally published in 1858 in the Christmas edition of Dickens' Household Words magazine. Collins wrote the introduction and collaborated with Dickens on the second story and ending, while Gaskell and Proctor... Read Full Overview

The plot concerns an elderly woman, Sophonisba, who notices signs of life in a supposedly empty dilapidated house (the eponymous "House to Let") opposite her own and employs the efforts of an elderly admirer, Jabez Jarber, and her servant, Trottle, to discover what is happening... Read Full Overview

I had been living at Tunbridge Wells and nowhere else, going on for ten years, when my medical man-very clever in his profession, and the prettiest player I ever saw in my life of a hand at Long Whist, which was a noble and a princely game before Short was heard of-said to me,... Read Full Overview

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Compiled by Charles Dickens, and including chapters by Elizabeth Gaskell, Wilkie Collins and Adelaide Anne Procter, A House to Let is a composite tale of mystery and intrigue set amid the... Read Full Overview

"A House to Let" is a short story by Charles Dickens, Wilkie Collins, Elizabeth Gaskell and Adelaide Anne Procter. It was originally published in 1858 in the Christmas edition of Dickens' Household Words magazine. Each of the contributors wrote a chapter and the story was edited... Read Full Overview

I had been living at Tunbridge Wells and nowhere else, going on for ten years, when my medical man--very clever in his profession, and the prettiest player I ever saw in my life of a hand at Long Whist, which was a noble and a princely game before Short was heard of--said to... Read Full Overview

Excerpt luota ja lautturit laskemasta maalle sen tienoille. Pieni livakka katukivitys oli pitk llisell itsens -kielt misell painunut jokeen, ja pari kolme katkennutta vaajaa ynn ruostunut rautainen kiinnitysrengas, oli kaikki mit en n j lell oli kadonneista "Kaulantaittaja"-laitoksista;... Read Full Overview

Differentiated book- It has a historical context with research of the time-A House to Let by Charles Dickens and others.The purpose of realizing this historical context is to approach the understanding of a historical epoch from the elements provided by the text. Hence the importance... Read Full Overview

A House To Let is a collaborative novel by Charles Dickens, Wilkie Collins, Elizabeth Gaskell, and Adelaide Anne Procter. Originally published in 1858, the book tells the story of a mysterious house in London that is available for rent. The house has been empty for many years... Read Full Overview

""A House To Let"" is a collaborative novel written by Charles Dickens, Wilkie Collins, Elizabeth Gaskell, and Adelaide Anne Procter. Originally published in 1858, the book tells the story of a mysterious house in London that is available to let. The novel is divided into four... Read Full Overview

"A House to Let" from Wilkie Collins. English novelist, playwright, and author of short stories (1824-1889).

Charles John Huffam Dickens (1812-1870), also known as "Boz", was the foremost English novelist of the Victorian era, as well as a vigorous social campaigner. Considered one of the English language's greatest writers, he was acclaimed for his rich storytelling and memorable characters,... Read Full Overview

"A House to Let" from Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. British novelist and short story writer during the Victorian era (1810-1865).